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I don't think anything can really be described as "similar" to Buckleys Original. With the possible exception of napalm.

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Buckley's Mixture (Coughs & Congestion)
Effective relief of coughs and congestion due to colds, minor bronchial irritations, laryngitis, hoarseness, croupy cough and minor irritations due to smoking, dust or air pollution.
They offer a money back guarantee, They don't get much back, I suspect most people want to erase the memory of the experience.

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Works good for me. First time I tried it I thought someone had swapped it out for some mixture from the chemistry lab.

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I believe it was a Vick's product, containing camphor and eucilyptus, Friar's balsom was disgusting I could taste it through the sugar, we did of course really like "cod liver oil and malt"

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It has ammonia in it, how can that be good for you. May as well try a swig of cats pee.

I just googled it:

Ammonium carbonate 153mg, Potassium bicarbonate 267mg, Menthol 22mg and Camphor 2.2mg

Ammonium carbonate is sal volatile, or smelling salts.

Me, I like benylin and codeine.

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I've never had Galloways, but Buckleys tastes a bit similar to a god-awful mixture I was forced to take in my childhood 'bout a hundred years ago, back in Blighty. Not quite as bad, mind you. Buckley's is like swallowing paint-thinner (I imagine!) and once you realise you still have a throat and gullet, it's not burned away and you're still alive..... you stop coughing.:blink: It really does work.

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Buckleys were looking at selling the stuff in the UK a few years back. Fortunately for the population of the UK, it was going to be too expensive, so they gave up.

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Maybe You are - Ammonium carbonate was historically obtained by the dry distillation of nitrogenous organic matter such as hair, horn, decomposed urine,

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Ok so suffering with crappy cough and cold I succumbed to the ad and just went and bought some.

I had a cigarette (mmmmmm yes what a great idea when hocking up your lungs anyway), prepared a glass of milk, went into the bathroom in case I threw up - the whole 9 yards, like preparing for an execution - and went for it - a whole teaspoon worth.

Its not that bad and it does work.

If anyone has ever smelt Albas Oil, it tastes like swallowing that (not that I ever did) but the ads make it seem far worse than it is. I even felt disappointed when my face didn't contort like those on TV.

My summary

'Buckleys - tastes bearable and really does work' :thumbsup:

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It's disgusting and to me, smells and (how I imagine it) tastes like the peroxide mixture the hairdresser bleaches your hair with!! I can't say it worked on me last year, but oh well

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My OH has got pneumonia :eek: and he's been taking Buckley's along with a ton of other prescribed stuff....Buckley's does seem to be working...:thumbup::unsure:

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Tastes bad to me but it works.....my children seem to have got use to it and have no problem, go for it.

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I much prefer scotch as a cure for cold symptoms. Tastes better and it works.


There is a real nasty cough virus going around here, some people have had it for months now. Including our GP. That cant be good.